| Size | 40 × 40 stitches |
|---|---|
| Colours | 3 · DMC |
| Total stitches | 1,600 |
| Difficulty | Beginner (1/5) |
| Finished on 18-mesh | 2.2 × 2.2 in (5.6 × 5.6 cm) |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
About this design
Ticking is the striped cotton of old mattresses and French country cushions. This chart repeats every eight stitches: a two-stitch stripe of DMC 312 Baby Blue Very Dark, then ecru, a single stitch of 3755 Baby Blue and more ecru. It is the simplest pattern in the library and a perfect first needlepoint or a relaxing background for a monogram.
How to stitch it
Every square of the chart is one tent stitch, and the whole canvas is covered, background included. At 40 × 40 stitches the design measures about 10.2 × 10.2 cm on 10-mesh canvas, 7.8 × 7.8 cm on 13-mesh and 5.6 × 5.6 cm on 18-mesh; leave at least 5 cm (2 in) of bare canvas all round for finishing. The key uses DMC numbers: use stranded or pearl cotton on finer canvas, or match the shades in tapestry wool on 10-mesh, and stitch a small test patch to check the canvas is covered. Extend it to any length for a belt or dog collar, or add initials in the centre in the editor.
Colour plan
DMC ECRU does the most work, 63% of the 1,600 stitches, followed by DMC 312 Baby Blue Very Dark at 25%. Every colour is used at least 200 times, so there are no tiny one-off details to hunt for. Every square of the grid is filled.
Working notes
No square stands alone in its colour, so every colour works up in solid blocks. The busiest row changes colour 19 times.
Anchor equivalents
The nearest Anchor colour for each DMC colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the needlepoint editor.
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